Epigram on an Old Lady Who Had Some Curious Notions Respecting the Soul

IN Nottingham county there lives at Swan Green,
As curst an old Lady as ever was seen;
And when she does die, which I hope will be soon,
She firmly believes she will go to the Moon!

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Leading figure of the Romantic movement, celebrated for Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.

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